Sunday, October 10, 2010

Rob and Sheryl at home in Santa Barbara with the Blue Pacific behind them. On the adjoining portico they confer with the celebrated interior designer, and good friend, David Phoenix.

Photographed with my 4x5 Speed Graphic and remaining T55 - Polaroid.

I always enjoy working with Sheryl and Rob Lowe. They know exactly what it takes to make great photographs and will always set aside enough time to let that happen.To Rob no detail is too small; he and Sheryl completely understand the importance of style, lighting and all the other tiny details that go into making pictures look so simple and easy! Of course,we also appreciated the little Italian cookies and imported prosciutto! Photographers are so easily won over!

My lens cap's off to Jennifer Dynof, who schedules and manages the vast Lowe Universe, she patiently put this all together. FYI photo travelers, Jennifer is the highly experienced former production manager for my friend and unforgettable photographer Herb Ritts.( File under an even smaller world)

We were most fortunate to have interior designer David Phoenixhttp://www.davidphoenix.com/david-phoenix/ lending his expert hand on the shoot day. David has skillfully decorated homes for everybody from the Kennedys to Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver. David was recognized last year in the design world as "America's Leading Young Designer." So if David Phoenix says " I think the chair needs to go a little bit to left," well then... that's where we put it !!

Jennifer and Jim Belushi at home in Brentwood, Ca. with their incredibly wonderful German Shepherd, Cash! I have a shepherd too, named Scottie, so I'm just a little partial. Of course with shepherds you have to be very open minded about some serious barking!

What exceptional couple, my crew and I enjoyed spending the afternoon with Jim and Jennifer. They were so considerate of both us and the job we had to do. Jim's schedule is always jam packed, finding a afternoon to shoot was challenging. His TV series filmsevery day - and music bookings often take him away on the weekends. We had plenty of time to set up our shots and they happily offered help and good suggestions. Jim was only concerned with "getting it right." Working with this caliber of artist will always makes for successful pictures. And, of course, there was lunch! I must also thank Jim's extremely capable assistant Samandhi, a USC Film School graduate for her very appreciated schedule juggling that allowed all the planes to land in the same place at the same time so our little photo shoot could actually happen!